Butler City Council will vote at Thursday’s regular meeting to advertise for bids to borrow $200,000 to buy vehicles for several departments.

The two-year loan would be used to buy vehicles for the city’s police, zoning and code and street departments.

The plan originally included buying a tractor for the parks department, but council members said at Tuesday’s forum meeting that the tractor had been removed from the list.

The city budget includes money to buy two cars for the police department, Councilman Michael Walter said during a discussion on revisions to the spending plan.

He said Ford Taurus police interceptor cars cost about $23,000 and equipping the cars for police service costs an additional $6,000.

The police department has experienced breakdowns with some of its older vehicles.

Also on Thursday’s agenda is a conditional use application from Allegheny Health Network to have fewer parking spaces than the city Zoning Ordinance requires for its proposed Butler Cancer Clinic at Pullman Center Business Park.

AHN officials outlined their request Tuesday, saying parking studies at their other facilities show that between 99 and 191 parking spaces will be needed.

The ordinance calls for 283 spaces based on the 30,000-square-foot size of the building, which would house offices and the clinic.

AHN officials discussed the application with the planning commission, which recommended approval, at a meeting earlier this month.

Another motion on the agenda is the appointment of a revolving loan committee to accept and consider applications from businesses in the city for low-interest loans.

Butler Downtown obtained funding for the loan program from the state Department of Community and Economic Development about 10 years ago, Mayor Ben Smith said.

The money is in the city’s name, but Butler Downtown administers the program, Smith said.

The program hasn’t been active for several years, but Butler Downtown is trying to revive it, he said.

Repaid loan money goes back into the fund so it can be loaned again.

Council approved several other items for today’s meeting.

One is the second reading of an ordinance to withdraw from the Butler Transit Authority.

Butler and Butler Township have been the two members of the authority, but Butler County is taking over the operation.

The city paid the authority $25,000 last year and the payment would have increased 5 percent this year.

In addition, council could vote on allowing the upstart Neighborhood Drug Watch to hold its first meeting in the public safety building on Jan. 31.

The motion includes waiving the $100 rental fee, but Councilman Corey Roche said the group is still trying to obtain the liability insurance required to use the building.

He said the meeting room in the building has a capacity of 49 people.